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Proverbs 23 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:1 - When thou sittest H3427 to eat H3898 with a ruler, H4910 consider H995 diligently H995 what is before H6440 thee:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:2 - And put H7760 a knife H7915 to thy throat, H3930 if thou be a man given H1167 to appetite. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:3 - Be not desirous H183 of his dainties: H4303 for they are deceitful H3577 meat. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - Labour H3021 not to be rich: H6238 cease H2308 from thine own wisdom. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - Wilt thou set H5774 H5774 thine eyes H5869 upon that which is not? for riches certainly H6213 make H6213 themselves wings; H3671 they fly away H5774 H5774 as an eagle H5404 toward heaven. H8064

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:6 - Eat H3898 thou not the bread H3899 of him that hath an evil H7451 eye, H5869 neither desire H183 thou his dainty meats: H4303

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:7 - For as he thinketh H8176 in his heart, H5315 so is he: Eat H398 and drink, H8354 saith H559 he to thee; but his heart H3820 is not with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:8 - The morsel H6595 which thou hast eaten H398 shalt thou vomit up, H6958 and lose H7843 thy sweet H5273 words. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:9 - Speak H1696 not in the ears H241 of a fool: H3684 for he will despise H936 the wisdom H7922 of thy words. H4405

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:10 - Remove H5253 not the old H5769 landmark; H1366 and enter H935 not into the fields H7704 of the fatherless: H3490

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11 - For their redeemer H1350 is mighty; H2389 he shall plead H7378 their cause H7379 with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:12 - Apply H935 thine heart H3820 unto instruction, H4148 and thine ears H241 to the words H561 of knowledge. H1847

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:13 - Withhold H4513 not correction H4148 from the child: H5288 for if thou beatest H5221 him with the rod, H7626 he shall not die. H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:14 - Thou shalt beat H5221 him with the rod, H7626 and shalt deliver H5337 his soul H5315 from hell. H7585

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:15 - My son, H1121 if thine heart H3820 be wise, H2449 my heart H3820 shall rejoice, H8055 even mine. H589

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:16 - Yea, my reins H3629 shall rejoice, H5937 when thy lips H8193 speak H1696 right things. H4339

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:17 - Let not thine heart H3820 envy H7065 sinners: H2400 but be thou in the fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 all the day H3117 long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:18 - For surely there is H3426 an end; H319 and thine expectation H8615 shall not be cut off. H3772

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:19 - Hear H8085 thou, my son, H1121 and be wise, H2449 and guide H833 thine heart H3820 in the way. H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:20 - Be not among winebibbers; H3196 H5433 among riotous eaters H2151 of flesh: H1320

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:21 - For the drunkard H5433 and the glutton H2151 shall come to poverty: H3423 and drowsiness H5124 shall clothe H3847 a man with rags. H7168

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:22 - Hearken H8085 unto thy father H1 that begat H3205 thee, and despise H936 not thy mother H517 when she is old. H2204

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:23 - Buy H7069 the truth, H571 and sell H4376 it not; also wisdom, H2451 and instruction, H4148 and understanding. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:24 - The father H1 of the righteous H6662 shall greatly H1524 rejoice: H1523 and he that begetteth H3205 a wise H2450 child shall have joy H8055 of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:25 - Thy father H1 and thy mother H517 shall be glad, H8055 and she that bare H3205 thee shall rejoice. H1523

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:26 - My son, H1121 give H5414 me thine heart, H3820 and let thine eyes H5869 observe H7521 H5341 my ways. H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27 - For a whore H2181 is a deep H6013 ditch; H7745 and a strange woman H5237 is a narrow H6862 pit. H875

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:28 - She also lieth in wait H693 as for a prey, H2863 and increaseth H3254 the transgressors H898 among men. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29 - Who hath woe? H188 who hath sorrow? H17 who hath contentions? H4079 H4066 who hath babbling? H7879 who hath wounds H6482 without cause? H2600 who hath redness H2448 of eyes? H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:30 - They that tarry long H309 at the wine; H3196 they that go H935 to seek H2713 mixed wine. H4469

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:31 - Look H7200 not thou upon the wine H3196 when it is red, H119 when it giveth H5414 his colour H5869 in the cup, H3563 H3599 when it moveth H1980 itself aright. H4339

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32 - At the last H319 it biteth H5391 like a serpent, H5175 and stingeth H6567 like an adder. H6848

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:33 - Thine eyes H5869 shall behold H7200 strange women, H2114 and thine heart H3820 shall utter H1696 perverse things. H8419

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:34 - Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down H7901 in the midst H3820 of the sea, H3220 or as he that lieth H7901 upon the top H7218 of a mast. H2260

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - They have stricken H5221 me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; H2470 they have beaten H1986 me, and I felt H3045 it not: when shall I awake? H6974 I will seek H1245 it yet H3254 again.
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The Authorized Version or King James Version (KJV), 1611, 1769.
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Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

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by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
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Proverbs Chapter 23 — Additional Translations:

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